Man
Sentenced to 14 years for Crack Cocaine
Distribution Conspiracy in Atlantic County

CAMDEN – GERARD
P. MCALEER, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
New Jersey Division and CHRISTOPHER J. CHRISTIE the United States Attorney
for the District of New Jersey, announced that Ariel Javier, an illegal
alien from the Dominican Republic was sentenced today to 170 months
in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute approximately
700 grams of crack cocaine at a hotel in Egg Harbor Township.

Special Agent in
Charge (SAC) McAleer stated, “DEA will continue to investigate
and arrest any and all that distribute illegal narcotics throughout
New Jersey. Further SAC McAleer commended the agents and investigators
at the DEA Atlantic City Resident Office, Atlantic County Prosecutor’s
Office, Egg Harbor Township Police Department, along with the United
States Attorney’s Office that assisted in this investigation.”

U.S. District Judge
Robert B. Kugler also ordered Ariel Javier, 28, to serve five years
of supervised release upon completion of his prison sentence.

Javier pleaded guilty
on Feb. 15 before Judge Kugler to one count of conspiracy to distribute
and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine.

At his plea hearing,
Javier admitted his involvement in a drug conspiracy in which he agreed
with others, including a cocaine supplier, to distribute crack cocaine
in the Atlantic County area.

Javier admitted
that in February 2005 he conspired with the supplier and others to
distribute and possess with intent to distribute approximately 700
grams of crack cocaine.

Javier admitted
he obtained the 700 grams of crack cocaine from the supplier and arranged
to sell it to an individual he knew as “Carlos,” whom he
later learned was a police informant. Javier admitted that he arranged
the sale through several telephone conversations with Carlos to take
place at a Days Inn in Atlantic County on Feb. 11, 2005.

Upon arrival at
the hotel, Javier admitted that the individual he knew as Carlos entered
the vehicle with him. Javier then removed a plastic package containing
the approximate 700 grams of crack cocaine from under his seat and
placed it on the center console of the van for Carlos to examine. After
Carlos examined the crack cocaine, Javier placed the plastic package
containing the crack cocaine inside his pants and exited the van with
Carlos to retrieve payment for the crack cocaine.

Javier also admitted
that on three separate occasions in October 2004, the supplier provided
him with approximately two ounces of powder cocaine; and on two separate
occasions in November, 2004, the supplier provided him with approximately
two ounces of crack cocaine, which he in turn sold to Carlos.

Christie credited
Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the
direction of Special Agent in Charge Gerard P. McAleer in Newark, for
investigation of the case.

The government is
represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Chillemi, of the Criminal
Division in Camden.